Sr Forescout Engineer

About the role

The Sr. Forescout Engineer will provide engineering support and documentation to create a healthy security posture implementing Comply To Connect for our delivered Managed Service supporting the US Army. They will focus on design, integration, and deployment, providing tactical and strategic input on improving overall network operations and Network Access Control using Forescout.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain network analysis and monitoring tools; including fine-tuning, health reporting and alerting
• Make recommendations to optimize stability, availability, reliability and performance of networking infrastructure
• Resolve complex networking and other technology issues with multiple parties involved
• Develop process and architecture diagrams
• Identify and provide technical subject matter expertise on remediation and mitigation of all open findings from DISA STIGs
• Provide program status reports and briefings to internal management, senior leadership and government oversight officials

Requirements

• Understanding of enterprise computing environments, distributed applications, and strong knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networks to include ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
• Advanced Administrator’s level of understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX)
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking environments
• Expertise in debugging and root-cause analysis in complex systems and large environments
• Experience installing, implementing and debugging network access control security solutions
• Understanding of programming languages: C, Java, and Perl

Qualifications

• Ability to gain interim secret clearance or have secret clearance or better
• US Citizen
• 6+ years of experience working in a DOD environment (Contractor/Civilian/Military), preferably US Army or DISA
• Forescout Certified Engineer (FSCE)
• Experience with Network Access Controls
• Experience with projects across development lifecycles (analysis through implementation)
• Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize competing requirements
• Proficient with desktop programs such as MS Powerpoint, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio
• High attention to detail
• Good oral and written communications skills
• Experience in creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution

Skills

• Ability to apply IT industry standards to secure network environment
• Experience in creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution
• Ability to manage and document system configurations

Pay

Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000

Schedule

Primarily on site, with some remote work and potentially requiring occasional support or Deployment of Comply to Connect (C2C) at various Army bases, CONUS and OCONUS.